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Jolson Sings Again is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to The Jolson Story (1946), both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. It was the highest-grossing film of 1949 and received three Oscar nominations at the 22nd Academy Awards .
A list of American films released in 1949. ... Title Director Cast Genre Notes Abandoned: Joseph M. Newman: Dennis O'Keefe ... Jolson Sings Again: Henry Levin: ...
Hale in Jolson Sings Again (1949) Hale moved to Hollywood in 1943, and under contract to RKO Radio Pictures , made her first screen appearance (uncredited) in Gildersleeve's Bad Day . [ 5 ] She continued to make small, uncredited appearances in films, until her first credited role as a glamorous debutante alongside Frank Sinatra in Higher and ...
While Jolson is credited for appearing in the first movie musical, Cagney's Academy Award-winning movie was the first movie Ted Turner chose to colorize. When Jolson appeared on Steve Allen 's KNX Los Angeles radio show in 1949 to promote Jolson Sings Again , he offered his curt opinion of the burgeoning television industry: "I call it smell ...
Henry Levin (5 June 1909 – 1 May 1980) was an American film director.He helmed over 50 feature films between 1944 and 1980, with his best known works including Jolson Sings Again (1949), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and Where the Boys Are (1960).
He made Jolson Sings Again (1949), which was another huge box-office hit. [14] His co-star in the film, Barbara Hale, teamed with him again in the comedy feature Emergency Wedding (1950). In 1950 he and his wife announced plans to make their own film Stakeout. [15] British exhibitors voted him the 9th-most popular star in the UK. [citation needed]
The Jolson Story is a 1946 American biographical musical film, a highly fictionalized account of the life of singer Al Jolson.It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his performing partner and manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson.
Jolson recorded the song several times in his career and performed it in the movies The Jolson Story (1946), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), [8] and Jolson Sings Again (1949). For the song's performance in The Jolson Story, Jolson, rather than actor Larry Parks, appeared as himself, filmed in long shot.